by CJ | Feb 20, 2013 | Journal
Happy and Sad Cities Spokane has housing market woes, we lost a couple of our big plants, we have a wee problem with unemployment, and we have ongoing controversy with city budget…but hey, we also have 2 skating rinks, a minor league baseball team, hockey, arena...
by CJ | Feb 19, 2013 | Journal
In recovery. It was actually a very nice convention, but the ‘bookish’ venues were overcrowded, standing room only and the ‘gamish’ venues were cavernous places only 1/3 to 1/2 filled. This left us ‘bookish’ types so cramped for...
by CJ | Feb 11, 2013 | Journal
Possible new island as large as Florida…or something weirder The Deccan Traps, the Siberian Traps, the Columbia Flood Basalts, and the Lakhi eruption in Iceland are all from when the Earth ripped open along a large seam on land. Now, volcanic eruptions produce...
by CJ | Feb 8, 2013 | Journal
…warmth is coming. We usually catch it from Alaska and Alberta, here in Spokane…and we see spring when the wind shifts and skies clear: we’re now trending toward spring. Ice has melted, snow is in the last piles, which usually are totally gone by St....
by CJ | Feb 6, 2013 | Journal
It would be really useful to have a directory of persons in the Foreigner books. Thus: 1. [name]–[book in which person first appeared] [book in which person suffered some major change, like moving, dying, getting married: ] [Ongoing Job description] [household:...
by CJ | Feb 1, 2013 | Journal
…killer outfits. These are hand-made. And Wiishu stands about 6″ tall. Get a load of the tennies Jane made, not to mention the cargo pants with functional buttons. The Arrival of Puki-shu, Wiishu becomes a Fashion Model, and more!!!!
by CJ | Feb 1, 2013 | Journal
…killer outfits. These are hand-made. And Wiishu stands about 6″ tall. Get a load of the tennies Jane made, not to mention the cargo pants with functional buttons. The Arrival of Puki-shu, Wiishu becomes a Fashion Model, and more!!!!
by CJ | Feb 1, 2013 | Journal
You may have seen the original TV cast of this, but here’s more detail. It does seem to be him… Richard III burial There’s a great deal strange about his story. He was much maligned in the rumor mills of the day…and accused of the murder of the...
by CJ | Jan 31, 2013 | Journal
This short story is (literally) Bren’s first few days on the job. It wanted to be written. Amazing how late in the series I had to be to know how those days would have gone. NOW I need to get to that next Bren book, and get it done, while I still have all the...
by CJ | Jan 30, 2013 | Journal
And it’s wonderful. It’s burgundy, thin, with real down, windproof, stitched in curving channels, and so compressible one pocket contains a bag you can put it into if you turn out to overheat. Got it from Amazon. And the only thing I’ll say...
by CJ | Jan 30, 2013 | Journal
And it’s wonderful. It’s burgundy, thin, with real down, windproof, stitched in curving channels, and so compressible one pocket contains a bag you can put it into if you turn out to overheat. Got it from Amazon. And the only thing I’ll say...
by CJ | Jan 29, 2013 | Journal
lost family